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Amon Duul - Psychedelic Underground (1969)

Psychedelic Underground is the debut psychedelic rock album by the German band Amon Düül. It was released in 1969.

AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett: “Some
albums just have the perfect name, and Amon Duul's debut nails that to a
T. Obscure upon release and obscure even now, for all the cult appeal,
Underground is music at its most experimental and relentlessly
uncommercial, using late-'60s inspirations as a launching ground for
what came to be described as Krautrock. Psych-folk was
another common term, one which applies just fine to much of the music
here, feeling like an enthusiastic medieval festival gone just out of
control enough, and with electricity to boot. Taken from a jam session
from the previous year, but treated with many studio effects that
enhance the strangeness of the collection, Underground rocks to its own
weird beat. Opening track "Ein Wunderhubsches Madchen Traumt von
Sandosa" captures what sounds like a great experience for everyone
involved, a 17-minute composition heavy on the drums and percussion,
with a basic, chugging guitar riff in one channel and chanting,
call-and-response vocals located throughout the mix. At one point the
jam is faded out in favor of piano parts, train noises, and the like,
only to be brought back in again just as strongly, before finally fading
into the gentler "Kaskados Minnelied," a mix of acoustic and electric
guitars, along with a stringed instrument of some sort, that favors
drones as much as it does soft riffs. The tracks on the second side have
the same understandable vibe, but some are sparer in comparison, as
with the keening strummed guitar/vocal combination "Im Garten Sandosa"
and "Mama Duul und Ihre Sauerkrautband spielt auf," which is mostly
clattering percussion in one stereo channel! You could say the sound
quality isn't the best, but given the year of recording and the
prevelance of lo-fi production approaches in more recent years, it
doesn't sound that bad at all.”

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